Swan, Melanie

Blockchain : blueprint for a new economy / Melanie Swan - Sebastopol, Calif. : O'Reilly, 2015. - xvii, 130 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.



Blockchain 1.0 : currency -- Blockchain 2.0 : contracts -- Blockchain 3.0 : justice applications beyond currency, economics, and markets -- Blockchain 3.0 : efficiency and coordination applications beyond currency, economics, and markets -- Advanced concepts -- Limitations -- Conclusion.

This book takes you beyond the currency ("Blockchain 1.0") and smart contracts ("Blockchain 2.0") to demonstrate how the blockchain is in position to become the fifth disruptive computing paradigm after mainframes, PCs, the Internet, and mobile/social networking.

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Electronic funds transfers--Security measures
Data encryption (Computer science)
Electronic commerce
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance
Data encryption (Computer science)
Electronic commerce
Electronic funds transfers--Security measures

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